IFC Partnerships and Fundraising

No institution can solve the challenges of development on its own. 

To deliver on the World Bank Group’s goal to create more and better jobs, IFC fundraises and engages with partners to help mobilize private capital in priority sectors with the greatest potential to create jobs, in the markets that are harder to reach.

Partnerships enable more private capital and amplify development impact

IFC’s partnerships with governments, multilateral institutions, private philanthropies, and corporations enable solutions that IFC cannot deliver alone. Through these partnerships, IFC mobilizes funding that supports upstream, advisory, and blended finance solutions, enabling private investment in the most challenging markets and sectors.

IFC’s upstream and advisory work help originate a third of its investments and pave the way for more institutional investors to deploy their capital into emerging markets.  Through blended finance, IFC reduces the risk of investing in these markets and makes impact projects more appealing to private investors.

IFC is leveraging its thought leadership, convening power and global presence to establish and strengthen partnerships that can harness external funding, expertise and influence to unlock constraints to private sector development. 

IFC engages with key international institutions, including the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), other Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), as well as through our engagement with multilateral institutions and forums that provide financing, expertise and knowledge, and offer convening power, IFC coordinates efforts to strengthen the role of the private sector in development. 

IFC works hand-in-hand with philanthropies to complement and diversify funding that can unlock private sector solutions and accelerate collective impact.. By leveraging IFC’s global reach, innovative tools, deep expertise in emerging markets, and rigorous risk management, philanthropies can amplify their impact and scale.